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[faithellen]

Manners? Whoulda thunk it?

I admire this guy, and not because I'm anti-child -- *everyone* should behave themselves in public, and we learn it as children. There are places we can be loud and boisterous, and places where we speak in more moderate tones and sit calmly. Children have to learn that, and parents have to teach it. This guy is just promoting that process.

::waiting for the onslaught::

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[faithellen]

I agree with you completely about the waitress. I think he's trying to combat the issue of chronically irritating kids -- the ones the parents ignore or tacitly encourage.

I try really hard not to be irritated by kids being kids -- when their parents are being parents and are actively dealing with them. I'm not a kid person, so this has always been an issue for me. My heart goes out to parents who are handling kids in the middle of a meltdown, and they have to navigate their way out of the situation while trying to restore peace. It's the ones who turn a blind eye that make me insane.

[autumncat.livejournal.com]

I try really hard not to be irritated by kids being kids -- when their parents are being parents and are actively dealing with them.

This is the bottom line, really. If the parents just ignore the behvaior and go back to reading their newspapers - or do nothing to try to get the kid to stop...then that's the problem.